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PROGRAMME 


OR   •   THE 


GEORG 


WASHINGTON 


Pre5idenl  ol  iKe  Qniled 

IN   NEW  YORK, 
Monday,  April  29th, 

Tuesday,  April  30th, 


Wed  n  esday,  May  1st, 


EDWD.  RIDLEY  &   SONS, 

3O9  to  32 1    Grand    Street, 
58  to  68  Allen  St.  ;   59  to  65  Orchard  St.,  New  York. 


Largest  Retail  House  in  the  Cittj. 


COVERS  ENTIRE  BLOCK  ON  GRAND  STREET. 

Being  the  .growth  from  a  little  shop,  12  x  30  in  1849,  to  its  present 

size  in   1889. 

*  SEVEN  FLOORS.   *    2,550  EMPLOYEES  $ 


i$il  Ike 
A  CITY  UNDER  ONE  ROOF. 


THE  BUILDING  AND  BUSINESS  A  FEATURE  OF 
NEW  YORK  AND  SHOULD  BE  SEEN. 


ALL  WILL  BE  WELCOME. 


Difficult  to  Name  an  Article 


which  cannot  be  found 
in  the  115  DIFFERENT 
DEPARTMENTS. 


Situated  as  the  Establishment  is  upon  the  east-side  of  the 
City,  it  is  near  to  a  number  of  street  car  routes,  with  Second  Ave. 
Elevated  R.  R.  Station  directly  opposite  the  entrance.  The  Grand 
St.  Crosstown  Cars  pass  the  door  and  connect  with  all  surface  and 
elevated  roads  in  the  City  running  North  and  South. 


The  Assortments  largest.     Prices  the  lowest. 

See  3d  page  of  cover  How  to  Peach  Ridley's. 


LIBRARY 


CENTENNIAL   OF   OUR    NATIONALITY. 

It  is  an  occasion  to  commemorate  with  festivities,  wherein  all 
dwellers  in  this  glorious  syndicate  of  free  institutions  should  join 
hands. 

The  peoples  of  all  sections  have  met  together  to  strew  upon  the 
sacred  soil  the  bright  roses  of  the  century's  memories,  while  multi- 
tudes rejoice  and  many  bands  play  quick  music  to  the  dead  march  of 
time. 


E.   RIDLEY  &  SONS,  GRAND.   ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS  .    X.    V. 


EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 


Backward  rolls  the  tide  of  events  through  the  bitter  and  bloody 
struggle  for  independence  until,  amid  palms  and  plaudits,  with  the 
victor's  crown  upon  his  brow,  George  Washington  was  chosen 
President  of  the  States,  and  took  the  oath  of  office  on  the  balcony 
of  old  Federal  Hall  just  one  hundred  years  ago. 

Since  then  the  march  of  progress,  though  marked  by  the  casual- 
ties of  a  civil  war  which  drained  the  life-blood  from  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  noble  citizens,  has  yet  been  onward  and  upward  to  the 
heights  upon  which  we  stand  to-day,  supreme  amid  the  nations, 
God-fearing,  and  self-sustained. 


BENJAMIN    HARRISON. 


As  a  people  we  have  the  widest  ground  upon  which  to  congratu- 
late ourselves,  above  and  beyond  the  constantly  accruing  territories 
within  our  jurisdiction. 

The  deft  fingers  of  native  industry  have  made  our  wildernesses 
to  blossom  "  as  the  rose."  In  every  section  glitter  the  spires  of 
hundreds  of  towns  and  cities  where  flows,  in  ample  channels,  the 
nation's  prosperous  life.  There  are  asylums  for  the  afflicted,  and 
workshops  for  the  strong  ;  and  there  are  churches  for  all. 


GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS..  X.  V. 


EDWD  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 


From  a  thousand  temple  towers  resounds  the  glad  refrain  of  the 
old  bell  in  Independence  Hall,  which  was  the  first  to  proclaim 
"liberty  throughout  the  land,  to  all  the  inhabitants  thereof,"— the 
heritage  we  are  here,  with  loyal  hearts,  to  celebrate  amid  the  conse- 
crated symbols  of  undying  devotion. 

Behold  the  conquering  hero — fresh  from  the  blood-stained  field  ! 
See  him  take  his  place  once  more  in  the  congress  of  his  coadjutors  ! 
Behold  the  world  electrified — the  struggling  Nation  free,  and  he  its 
chosen  President !  How  grave  and  dignified  the  father-face  uplifted 
beneath  the  triumphal  arch  at  Philadelphia  ! 


MARTHA    WASHINGTON. 


How  fraught  with  wisdom  and  tempered  with  justice  his  first  mes- 
sage, with  music  swelling  and  cannon  booming,  amid  a  tumult  of 
exaltation  which  we  are  here  to  emulate. 

Few  are  left  to  tell  the  story  of  New  York  as  it  was  a  hundred 
years  ago  ;  but  there  are  some  landmarks  standing,  sentinel-like, 
along  the  pathway  of  progression,  while  human  currents  ebb  and  flow 
and  aggregate  among  the  fresh  and  powerful  nineteenth-century 
influx.  The  academic  press — that  siren-voiced  organ  of  all  nations, 
sends  its  campaniles  into  the  sky.  Bridges  span  our  circling  rivers, 
and  palaces  multiply  along  our  thoroughfares.  Trade  rears  its  tem- 
ples, and  Commerce  crowns  its  kings  with  a  discrimination  which 
speaks  volumes  for  our  busy  age. 

GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS.,  N.   V. 


EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 


These  are  days  during  which  the  greatest  problems  are  being 
solved,  and  the  very  lightnings  are  harnessed  to  the  chariot  wheels  of 
advance.  To  the  past  belongs  the  prowess  of  such  achievements  as 
those  with  which  the  great  liberator  broke  the  cable  of  our  bondage 
to  the  mother  country.  Yet  we  of  to-day  are  forced  to  know  the  war 
of  wits,  the  constant  contact  of  mind  with  mind,  the  wear  and  tear  of 
fierce  and  trying  competition. 


i  "  The  Story  of  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department." 


Copyright,  18-<9,  by  Harper  A   Brotlu 


OLD    VOLUNTEER    FLRE    DEPARTMENT. 


Precedence  amid  the  principalities  and  "  powers  that  be  "  is  simply 
a  question  of  human  capability. 

As  an  example,  we  refer  our  readers  to  the  late  Edward  Ridley, 
venerable  head  and  founder  of  the  house  of  E.  Ridley  &  Sons.  But 
half  a  century  ago,  the  great  stores  in  Grand,  Allen,  Orchard  and 
Eldridge  streets,  New  York,  were  represented  by  one  small  stand  ; 
but,  like  the  germ  of  the  giant  oak,  it  was  solid  and  enduring,  and  it 
stands  to-day  encompassed  within  its  own  immensity.  Root  and 


GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS.,  N.  Y. 


EDVV'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS,  5 

branch  are  an  historic  instance  of  the  efficacy  of  the  perfect  leader- 
ship which  controls  its  forces  with  a  view  to  safe  and  enduring 
results. 

To  have  served  the  great  public  upon  any  plane  during  the  briefest 
lapse  is  commendatory.  To  have  continued  the  pleasant  office  for 
half  a  century  of  unbroken  transactions  constitutes  a  commercial 
anomaly  of  which  there  are  but  few  instances  in  our  trade  traditions. 

Strangers  from  all  sections  who  come  to  the  Centennial  celebration 
are  visiting  in  numbers  this  Caravansary  of  the  world's  wares  and 
wonders.  The  New  York  TRIBUNE  has  set  forth  its  patronage  in  an 
item  concerning  their  spring  opening  : 


E.RIDLEY  1849 


THE   HOUSE   OF   E.    RILlLEY    IN    1849. 


"  The  army  of  clerks  has  been  busy  from  early  until  late  waiting  or. 
the  hundreds  of  patrons.  Ridley's  has  been  an  important  house  in 
this  city  during  the  last  fifty  years,  and  it  bids  fair  to  last  another 
half  century.  Inside  of  the  store  one  is  dazed  at  the  lavish  display  of 
beautiful  and  useful  articles.  Every  article  of  clothing  worn  by  men 
or  women,  from  the  time  that  they  are  babies  till  the  last  farewells  arc- 
said,  can  be  found  at  Ridley's. 


(IRANI),   ORCHAKI*   AND   AI.I-KX   STS.,   N.   V. 


EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 


Not  only  that,  but  a  good  stock  of  carpets  and  furniture,  and  many 
useful  household  articles,  are  also  on  hand.  The  display  of  hats  and 
bonnets  on  the  second  floor  of  the  large  building,  and  the  display  of 
ladies'  suits  on  the  third  floor,  are  particularly  beautiful  and  artistic. 
One  handsome  bonnet  rested  on  a  cap-shaped  skeleton  frame,  with 
verot  rose  velvet  binding  on  the  edge,  covered  with  serpent  green 
lees,  a  wreath  of  graduating  chrysanthemums  around  the  crown,  fall- 
ing over  all  being  a  piece  of  lees  lace,  embroidered  with  pearl  spangles, 
and  on  the  top  a  small  bunch  of  shaded  tips  of  copper,  verot  rose,  and 
green  tints. 


LATE    EDWARD    RIDLEY. 


There  are  many  other  handsome  bonnets,  and  if  there  are  none 
to  suit  already  made  up,  a  customer  can  buy  the  kind  of  a  frame  she 
wants,  and  the  style  of  trimming  that  suits  her,  and  have  it  made  up 
while  she  waits.  In  the  suit  department  there  are  so  many  hand- 
some things  that  it  is  hard  to  tell  which  best  deserves  especial 
mention." 

But  the  beautiful  thing  is,  they  are  all  sold  at  figures  which  bring 
standard  articles  of  excellent  quality  within  the  reach  of  the  day 
laborer  as  well  as  the  millionaire  ;  and  this  was  the  mission  conceived 
and  executed  by  Mr.  Edward  Ridley,  and  confirmed  by  the  present 
heads  and  their  corps  of  well-qualified  coadjutors. 

GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS.,  N.  Y. 


EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS. 


In  the  furniture  store  of  E.  Ridley  &  Sons,  corner  of  Grand  and 
Eldridge  Streets,  there  is  material  for  the  making  of  hundreds  of 
homes — chairs,  sofas,  tables,  etc.,  of  the  old  colonial  type — such  as 
was  seen  in  Mt.  Vernon  a  hundred  years  ago. 


THE    HorSK    OF   EDW'D    RIDLEY    A   SONS,     1889. 


RIDLEY'S  FASHION  MAGAZINE  contains  suggestions  of  the  vast 
and  varied  stock  they  carry,  and  is  one  of  the  most  striking  expo- 
nents of  the  nineteenth  century  system  of  controlling  the  patronage 
of  dwellers  remote  from  the  great  centers  of  metropolitan  commerce. 


(IRANI).  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS.,  X.  Y. 


EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 


GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALI.KN  STS.,   X.   V 


RROQRAMrvlE. 


Monday,  April  2pth. 

I.  The  Naval  Parade  will  take  place  in  New  York  Harbor,  from 

II   A.M.  tO   I   P.M. 

The  Governors,  Commissioners  of  States,  and  other  guests,  with 
ladies  invited  by  the  Committee  on  States  and  the  members  of  the 
General  Committee,  will  embark  at  9.30  A.M.,  on  the  steamer  "  Erastus 
Wiman,"  at  ferry  slip,  foot  of  West  Twenty-third  Street,  New  York 
city,  to  receive  the  President,  and  to  meet  the  President's  steamer  off 
Elizabethport.  Admittance  by  special  Blue  ticket. 

On  the  arrival  of  President  Harrison  and  the  Cabinet  officers,  and 
other  officials  of  distinction,  at  Elizabethport,  at  n  o'clock  Monday 
morning,  the  party  will  at  once  embark  for  New  York  city.  The 
President  and  immediate  suite  will  be  received  by  the  Committee  on 
Navy,  and  under  their  direction  will  embark  on  the  President's 
steamer  provided  by  that  Committee. 

The  steamer  "  Sirius,"  under  the  management  of  the  Committee  on 
Navy,  will  receive  at  Elizabethport  other  guests  and  official  person- 
ages of  the  Presidential  party  who  cannot  be  accommodated  on  the 
President's  steamer.  Admission  to  steamer  "  Sirius  "  will  be  by  Red 
ticket.  The  line  of  United  States  ships  of  war,  yachts,  and  steam- 
boats will  be  formed  in  the  upper  bay,  under  Admiral  David  D.  Porter, 
U.  S.  N.,  as  chief  marshal,  and  will  be  reviewed  by  the  President. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  Presidential  party  in  the  East  River,  opposite 
Wall  Street,  a  barge  manned  by  a  crew  of  ship  masters  from  the 
Marine  Society  of  the  Port  of  New  York,  with  Captain  Ambrose 
Snow,  President  of  that  Society,  as  coxswain,  will  row  the  President 
ashore.  The  crew  of  the  barge  that  rowed  President  Washington 
from  Elizabethport  to  the  foot  of  Wall  Street  were  members  of  the 
same  society.  The  steamers  "  Erastus  Wiman  "  and  "  Sirius,"  prior 
to  the  debarkation  of  the  President,  will  land  at  Pier  16,  Wall  Street, 
the  guests  for  the  reception  at  the  Equitable  Building,  and  proceed 
with  the  remaining  passengers  to  West  Twenty-third  Street  ferry  and 
West  Twenty-second  Street. 

II.  On  arriving  at  foot  of  Wall  Street  the  President  of  the  United 
States  will  be  received  by  the  Governor  of  the   State  of  New  York, 
the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York,  the  Hon.  Hamilton  Fish,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Committee,  and  William  G.  Hamilton,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  States. 

The  President  and  other  guests  will  next  be  escorted  to  the  Equi- 
table Building,  where  a  reception  and  collation  will  be  tendered  them 
by  the  Committee  on  States. 

The  procession  will -be  formed  as  follows  : 

Brevet  Lt.-Col.  FLOYD    CLARKSON,  Marshal. 

Band  5th  Regt.  U.  S.  Artillery. 

Three  foot  batteries  5th  Regt.  U.  S.  Artillery. 

New  York  Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  U.  S. 

K.   RIDI.KV  &  SONS,   GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS.,   N.   V. 


UUhat  Can  be  pound 


EDWD.   RIDLEY  &  SONS, 

3O9    to    321    Grand    Street, 
58  to  68  Allen  St.;    59  to  65  Orchard  St.,  New  York. 


MILLINERY     GOODS. 

Ribbons,  Silks,  and  Satins. 

Velvets,  Plushes,  Flowers. 

FeatherSj  Crapes,  Ornaments. 

Fully  3,000  Trimmed  Hats  for  Ladies,  Misses, 

and  Children  in  our  Millinery  Parlor. 
Untrimmed  Hats,  Bonnets,  and  Turbans. 
Men's,  Youths',  Boys',  and  Infants'  Hats. 
Ladies'  and  Misses'  Cloaks,  Wraps,  and  Suits. 

Dress  Goods  and  Dress  Silks. 

Laces  and  Embroideries. 

Parasol  Covers  and  Lace  Curtains. 

Flounciugs,  Skirtings,  Edgings. 
Handkerchiefs,  Towels. 
White  Goods,  Napkins. 
Ladies'  Collars  and  Cuffs. 
Kid  Gloves  and  Silk  Mitts. 

Muslin  Underwear  for  Ladies  and  Misses. 

Merino  Underwear  and  Hosiery  for  Ladies  and  Misses. 

Dress  Trimmings  and  Worsted  Goods. 

Genuine  Gold  and  Diamond  Jewelry. 

Men's  Furnishing  Goods. 

Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing. 

Men's  and  Boys'  Shoes,  Boots,  and  Rubbers. 

Ladies'  and  Misses'  Shoes  and  Rubbers. 

INFANTS'  OUTFITS,  DRESSES,  ROBES,  Etc. 
EMBROIDERED    FLANNELS,  TOILET  ARTICLES. 
CORSETS,  FANS,  OPERA  GLASSES. 
PARASOLS,  SUN  AND  RAIN  UMBRELLAS. 

Upholstery  Goods  and  Trimmings. 
Cretonnes,  Plushes,  Satins,  and  Reps. 
Turcoman  Curtains  by  yard  or  pair. 

HOUSEFURNISHING    GOODS. 

Every  Article  Manufactured  in  Wood,  Tin,  Willow,  or  Brass. 

Infants'  Carriages,  Bicycles,  Tricycles,  Toys,  Dolls,  etc. 

China  and  Glass  Ware,  Bisque  Figures,  Lamps,  and  Chandeliers. 

CARPETS,     FURNITURE,     RUGS,     Etc. 
Engravings,  Etchings,  Water  Colors,  Frames,  Glasses,  etc. 


EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 


Commanders  of  Posts  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  in  coun- 
ties of  New  York  and  Kings. 

Cappa's  Band. 

Uniformed  Battalion  of   Veterans  yth  Regt.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Uniformed  Veteran  Militia  Association  of  New  York  and  Brooklyn. 

Band  of  the  General  Service,  U.  S.  Army. 

Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 
The  General  Committee  of  the  Centennial  Celebration. 
The  President  of  the  United  States,  the  Governor  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  the  Hon.  Hamil- 
ton Fish,  President  of  the  Committee,  flanked  by  the  barge  crew  from 
the  Marine  Society  of  the  Port  of  New  York. 

The  Vice-President  of  the  United  States  and  Lieut. -Governor  of 
the  State  of  New  York. 

The  Secretaries  of  State,  Treasury,  War,  and  Navy  of  the  United 
States. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  the  Postmaster- General,  the  Attor- 
ney-General, and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  of  the  United  States. 
The  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 
The  Associate  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
and  Judges  of  other  Federal  Courts. 

The  Governors  of  States,  taking  precedence  in  the  order  of  admis- 
sion of  their  States  into  the  Union. 

The  official  representation  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States. 
The  official  representation  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 

United  States. 

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The  Governors  of  Territories  and  President  of  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners of  the  District  of  Columbia,  taking  precedence  in  the 
order  of  establishment  of  their  Territorial  governments. 

The  Admiral  of  the  Navy;  General  Sherman;  the  Major-General 
commanding  the  Army;  and  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  who  by 
name  have  received  the  thanks  of  Congress. 

The  official  representation  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati. 

The  Chief  Judge  and  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  State 
of  New  York. 

The  Presiding  Justice  and  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  and  Judges  of  other  Courts  of  Record  within  the 
City  of  New  York. 

The  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

The  State  Officers  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Judges  and  Justices  of  other  Courts  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

The  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

GRAND,  ORCHARD  AND  ALLEN  STS.,  N.  V. 


EDWD.  RIDLEY  &   SONS, 

3O9    to    321     Grand    Street, 
58  to  68  Allen  St.;    59  to  65  Orchard  St.,  New  York. 


We  Prepay  Transportation  Charges  as  follows: 

All  goods,  excepting  House  Furnishing  Goods,  Toys,  Furniture,  Clmm, 
(ilassware,  Trunks,  Mattresses,  Baby  Carriages,  Refrigerators,  llron/.i  s,  ami 
Bottled  Medicines,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  pounds  in  weight,  will  be 
forwarded  in  a  single  package  by  express  or  freight,  at  our  expense,  to  any 
transportation  point  in 


IF  VALUE  OF  GOODS 

IS  NOT 
LESS  THAN 


$5.00.      ) 


New  York,  New  Jersey,  Massachusetts, 
Pennsylvania,  Connecticut. 


IF  VALUE  OF  GOODS 

IS  NOT 
LESS  THAN  $10.00. 

IF  VALUE  OF  GOODS 

IS  NOT 
LESS  THAN  $25.00. 

IF  VALUE  OF  GOODS 

IS  NOT 
LESS  THAN  $50.00. 


Maine,  Maryland,  Virginia,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Delaware,  West  Virginia,*  Ver- 
mont, District  of  Columbia,  Rhode 
Island,  Ohio. 

North  Carolina,  Indiana,  Georgia, 
South  Carolina,  Illinois,  Alabama, 
Tennessee,  Iowa,  Kentucky,  Michigan, 
Mississippi,  Missouri,  Wisconsin. 


Texas,  Dakota,  Arkansas,  Minnesota, 
Louisiana,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Flor- 
ida, Indian  Territory. 


IF  VALUE  OF  GOODS 

IS  NOT 
LESS  THAN  $100.00. 


Colorado,  Wyoming,  Oregon,  Califor- 
nia, Washington,  Idaho,  Arizona, 
Utah,  Montana,  Nevada,  New  Mexico. 

We  do  not  pay  poataye." 


OUT-OF-TOWN  PURCHASERS 

WILL,   FIND 

"Ridley's    Fashion    Magazine' 

An  invaluable  aid  in  making  selections  of  Wearing  Apparel  and  House 

Furnishing  Goods.  The  Spring  and  Summer  Number  (HSJ»i  is  a  ijuario 
volume  of  142  pages,  containing  thousands  of  illustrations  of  goods  that  are 
wanted  every  day,  with  the  lowest  New  York  cash  price  attached. 

We  have  a  department  organi/.ed  for  giving  special  attention  to  orders 
sent  to  us  by  mail.  No  order  is  too  Miiall  for  our  attention. 

We  send  samples  of  Dress  (Joc.ds,  Silks,  and  other  cut  goods  fr.-.-  (.f 
charge.  Price,  Singfe  Numbers,  l.r>  cents  :  /'<  r  Annum,  ;'(>  n  nix. 


I4  EDW'D  RIDLEY  &  SONS, 

Heads  of  Departments  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 

The  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 

The  Foreign  Consuls  at  New  York,  and  officers  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  of  the  United  States. 

Invited  guests,  without  special  order  of  precedence. 

The  distance  from  the  landing  at  the  foot  of  Wall  Street  to  the  Equi- 
table Building  being  but  a  few  blocks,  the  procession  will  proceed  on 
foot  from  the  landing  at  Wall  Street  to  the  Equitable  Building, carriages 
being  only  provided  for  the  President  and  his  immediate  party.  At 
the  reception  in  the  Equitable  Building  the  President,  with  his  Cabi- 
net, the  Governors  of  the  States,  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York,  will  have  presented 
to  them  the  guests,  who  will  pass  and  bow  to  the  President  and  party 
without  shaking  hands  (as  was  the  custom  at  the  reception  of  Wash- 
ington in  1789!.  The  reception  will  last  from  2  to  3.30  o'clock. 
Admission  only  by  Buff  ticket. 

III.  From  4  to  5.30  o'clock  a  public  reception  will  be  given  to  the 
President  of  the  United  States  in  the  Governor's  Room  in  the  City 
Hall;  the  President,  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  the 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York  preceding  under  military  escort. 

At  the  steps  of  the  City  Hall  a  representation  of  girls  from  the 
public  schools  will  assemble  and  welcome  the  President  of  the  United 
States. 

IV.  In  the  evening  at  nine  o'clock  the  Centennial  Ball  will  be  given 
in  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House.     The  following  is  the  programme  : 

The  Mayor  of  the  (.  ity  of  New  York,  as  host  and  as  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  the  Inauguration  of 
George  Washington  as  President  of  the  United  States,  to  arrive  at 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  at  a  quarter  past  ten  P.M.,  and  at 
half  past  ten  to  receive  the  President  of  the  United  States  and  other 
distinguished  guests. 

The  President  to  be  brought  to  the  ball  by  the  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Entertainment,  accompanied  by  the  Governor  of 
the  State  of  New  York  and  Mrs.  Harrison,  the  Vice-President  and 
Mrs.  Morton,  the  Lieutenant-Governor  and  Mrs.  Jones. 

The  Manager  of  the  Ball  to  meet  the  President  at  his  carriage 
and  conduct  him  into  the  building,  where  the  formal  reception  by 
the  Mayor  will  take  place. 

After  the  reception  the  guests  above  named  will  be  conducted  to 
the  floor  in  the  following  order,  escorted  by  a  guard  of  honor  : 
The  Mayor,  The  President,  The  Governor. 

The  Vice-President  and  Mrs.  Harrison. 

The  Lieutenant-Governor  and  Mrs.  Morton. 

The  President  of  the  General  Committee  and  Mrs.  Jones. 

In  front  of  the  President's  box  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Entertainment  will  present  to  the  President  the  Chairman  of  the 
Executive  Committee  and  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  Enter- 
tainment and  of  the  Committee  on  Plan  and  Scope. 

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After  the  presentation,  the  opening  quadrille  will  be  formed  by 
the  Manager  of  the  Ball. 

At  midnight  the  President  and  party  will  be  escorted  in  the  above 
order  to  the  supper-room,  which  order  will  be  observed  on  returning. 
The  serving  of  wine  will-cease  at  one  o'clock  A.M.,  in  compliance  with 
the  law. 

Tuesday,  April  30th. 

V.  Services  of  thanksgiving,  pursuant  to  the  proclamation  of  the 
President,  will  be  held  in  the  churches  in  New  York  and  throughout 
the  country  at  9  A.M.,  being  the  hour  at  which  religious  services  were 
held  in  New  York  city  on  April  3oth,  1789. 

VI.  A  special  service    of  thanksgiving  will  be  held  in  St.  Paul's 
Chapel  at  9  o'clock,  which  the    President  and  other  distinguished 
guests  will   attend.      This   service  will  be  conducted   by  the  Right 
Rev.  Henry  C.  Potter,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  New  York,  as  the  ser- 
vice on  the  day  of  Washington's  inauguration  in  1789  was  conducted 
by  the    Bishop  of   New    York,  the   Right  Rev.    Samuel    Provoost. 
Admission  only  by  Lavender  ticket. 

The  Committee  of  the  Vestry  of  Trinity  Church  will  meet  the 
President  at  the  Vesey  Street  gate  and  escort  him  to  the  west  porch 
of  the  chapel,  where  he  will  be  received  by  the  rector  and  the  full 
Vestry.  The  President  will  then  be  escorted  to  the  Washington  pew, 
and  on  his  withdrawal  from  the  chapel  the  Vestry  will  escort  him  to 
the  west  porch,  where  he  will  be  received  by  the  Committee  on  Liter- 
ary Exercises. 

The  services  at  St.  Paul's  Chapel  will  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Processional  Hymn. 

2.  Our  Father,  etc. 

3.  Psalm  Ixxxv. 

4.  First  lesson,  Eccles.  xliv. 

5.  Te  Deum. 

6.  Second  lesson,  St.  John,  viii. 

7.  Benedicite. 

8.  Creed  and  Prayers. 

9.  Address  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  C.  Potter,  Bishop  of  Xew  York. 
10.  Recessional  hymn. 

VII.  At   the    close   of   the   religious   services,  at    9.45    A  M..  the 
President  and   party  will  proceed  to  the  Sub-Treasury  Building,  at 
the  corner  of  Wall  and  Nassau  streets,  the  scene  of  the  inauguration 
ceremony  on  April  30,  1789,  where  the  literary  exercises  \\ill  take 
place.     These  exercises  will  begin  at  10  A.M.,  and  will  consist  of  an 
invocation  by  the  Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  D.D.,  LL.D.  ;  a  poem  by 
John  Greenleaf  Whittier  ;  an  oration  by  Chauncey  Mitchell  Depew, 
LL.D.  ;  an  address  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  ;  and  the 
benediction  by  the   Most  Rev.  Michael  Augustine  Corrigan,  Arch- 
bishop of  Xew  York. 

VIII.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  literary  exercises  the  President  and 
members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Justice  and  Associate  Justices  of 
the  United  States,  will  be  driven  to  the  reviewing  stand  at  Madison 
Square  to  review  the  parade.     Other  quests  will  be  carried  to  the 


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reviewing  stands  by  a  special  train  on  the  Third  Avenue  elevated 
railroad,  which  will  start  at  Hanover  Square  and  run  to  the  Twenty- 
third  Street  station. 

IX.  While  the  literary  exercises  are  taking  place,  the  military  will 
move  at  10  A.M.,  from  the  head  of  Wail  Street  and  Broadway.     The 
column,  under  Major-General  John  M.  Scofield,  U.  S.  A.,  as  Chief 
Marshal,  will  be  composed  of  the  Cadets  from  the  Military  Academy 
of  West  Point,  the  Naval  Cadets  from  Annapolis,  the  troops  of  the 
regular  army  and  navy,  and  the  National  Guard  of  each  State  in  the 
order  in  which  the  States  ratified  the  Constitution  or  were  admitted 
into  the  Union.     These  will  be  followed  by  the  military  order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  and  the  posts  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

X.  The  route  of  the  procession  will  be  up  Broadway  to  Waver- 
ley  Place,  through  Waverley  Place  to  Fifth  Avenue,  through  Four- 
teenth Street  to  Union  Square,  passing  monuments  of  Washington, 
Lincoln,  and  Lafayette  ;  thence  through  Fifteenth  Street  to  Fifth 
Avenue,   thence   up   Fifth    Avenue   to    Fifty-seventh    Street.      The 
reviewing  stand  will  be  on  the  east  side  of  Fifth  Avenue  on  Madi- 
son Square,  extending  from  Twenty-third  to   Twenty-sixth   streets 
and  on  Union  Square. 

The  other  stands  will  be  as  follows  : 

1.  On  the  west  side   of    Fifth   Avenue    from    Twenty-fourth    to 
Twenty-fifth  streets. 

2.  On  the  west  side  of  Fifth  Avenue  from    P'ortieth  to    Forty- 
second  streets. 

3.  On  the  north  side  of  Washington  Square. 

4.  On  the  east  side  of  Broadway  at  the  City  Hall  Park. 

XI.  The  Centennial  banquet  will  take  place  at  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House  at  6.30  p.  M. 

XII.  At  8  p.  M.  there   will  be,  at  the   reviewing  stand,   Madison 
Square,  a  free  open-air  concert   of  vocal  and  instrumental    music, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  German- Americans  of  New  York. 

XIII.  During  the  evening  there  will  be  a  general  illumination  of 
the  city,  and  display  of  fireworks  in  the  following  localities  : 

Tompkins  Square,  Canal  Street  Park,  Washington  Square,  Union 
Square,  Fifty-ninth  Street  and  Eighth  Avenue,  Mount  Morris  Park, 
East  River  Park  (Eightieth  Street),  Washington  Heights,  and  places 
in  the  Twenty-third  and  Twenty-fourth  wards  not  yet  determined. 

Wednesday,  May  ist. 

XIV.  The  industrial  and  civic  parade,  under  command  of  Major- 
General   Daniel   Butterfield,  late  U.   S.  Volunteers,  Chief  Marshal, 
will  take  place. 

The  industrial  parade  will  start  from  Fifty-seventh  Street  and 
Fifth  Avenue  at  10  A.M.,  on  May  ist,  proceed  down  Fifth  Avenue  to 
Fifteenth  Street,  through  Fifteenth  Street  to  Union  Square,  around 
Union  Square  on  the  north  side  to  Fourth  Avenue,  to  Fourteenth 
Street,  through  Fourteenth  Street  to  Fifth  Avenue,  down  Fifth 
Avenue  to  Waverley  Place,  through  Waverley  Place  to  Broadway, 
thence  down  Broadway  to  Canal  Street. 

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HOW  TO  REACH  RIDLEY'S. 

Ridley's  is  located  at  corner  Grand,  Allen,  and  Orchard  Streets,  being 
the  Fifth  Block  East  from  the  Bowery  (satne  corner  as  Serttnd 
.trcntte  Elevated  Railroad).  Ten  minutes'  walk  from  Broadway 
and  Grand  Street,  or  six  minutes'  ride  by  Grand  Street  Crosstown 
Cars  passing  our  door. 

ALL  VISITORS  TO  THE  CITY  ARRIVING  BY 

New  Jersey  Central,  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  and  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Railr 

take  Canal  Street  cars  at  Cortlandt  Street  (opposite  ferry):  leave   car  at 
Allen  and  Canal,  and  walk  two  blocks  north  to  Grand  Street. 


Delaware  &  Lackawaima  Railroad  (Barclay  Street),  Erie  Railway  (Chambers 
Street\  West  Shore  Railroad  (Jay  Street),  walk  two  blocks  to  Greenwich 
Street,  and  take  Canal  Street  car.  as  above. 


Pennsylvania  Railroad,  take  Desbrosses  Street  ferry.     Grand  Street  hoi- 
opposite  ferry,  passes  our  dour.      Ask  conductor  to  stop  at  Ridle; 


Our  store  ran  be  reached  from  all  points  on  \orth  or  Hudson 
Hirer  by  taking  West  Street  /torse  car.  running  along 
rirer  front  to  Desbrosses  Street.  Grand  Street  cars, 
starting  at  that  point,  i»ass  our  door. 


All  visitors  entering  the  city  by  Grand  Central  Depot,  take  Second  Avenue 
Elevuted  Railroad  at  Second  Avenue  and  Forty-second  Street.  Leave  car 
at  Grand  Street,  at  our  door. 

Passengers  by  N.-w  York  City  \-  Northern,  also  Sixth  and  Eighth  Avenue 
Elevated  Railroads,  leave  car  at  Grand  Street.  By  the  Ninth  Avenue 
Elevated  Railroad,  leave  car  at  Desbrosses  Street.  In  both  cases  take 
Grand  Street  Crosstown  surface  cars,  passing  both  stations  and  our 
establishment.  

Passengers  by  Third  Avenue  Elevated  Railroad  leave  cars  at  Grand  Street. 
walk  four  blocks  east  to  our  establishment. 

Passengers  by  Suburban  and  Second  Avenue  Railroads  leave  cars  at  Grand 
Street  station,  directly  opposite  our  entrance. 

All  the  Avenue  and  Broadway  surface  railroads  connect  with  Grand  Street 
Crosstown  cars  passing  our  door. 

All  visitors  via  Staten  Island,  Hamilton,  Atlantic,  and  Fulton  ferries,  take 
Second  Avenue  Elevated  Railroad  direct  to  our  establishment. 

All  visitors  by  Brooklyn  bridge  take  Elevated  Railroad  to  Grand  Street,  walk 

four  blocks  east. 

Ferries  from  Grand  Street  and   Broadway,  Brooklyn,  land  at  Grand  Street, 

New  York.     Take  cars  at  that  point,  which  pass  our  door. 


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